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 |
|---|---|
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| defalcate | deduct |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |