GRE Word List
PUNITIVE
inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
The meaning of the word punitive is inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischance | bad luck |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| osseous | bony |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |