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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WordMeaning
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
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regalof, relating to, or suitable for a king
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
pugilistfighter
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
adjointo add or attach by joining
decipherdecode
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape