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 |
|---|---|
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |