GRE Word List
PUNITIVE
inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
The meaning of the word punitive is inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |