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 |
|---|---|
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
