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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |