Word list SAT GRE By meaning Confused words Roots Prefixes Suffixes Blog About

Home/Word list/Punitive

Punitive

adjective
inflicting punishment
“punitive justice”
Similar: punitory

Word family

punitively

Appears on

SAT vocabulary list

← Pungent All words Purported →

Word list SAT GRE By meaning Confused words Roots Prefixes Suffixes Blog About

Definitions are drawn from WordNet (Princeton University) and Webster’s 1913 Unabridged Dictionary.

© 2026 VocabAhead