Punitive(E&FR)pg 63
Sentence:Therefore the threat of death and destruction can have little punitive value.
context clue: puni derived from the word puny as in small. From the context clue i can determine that the meaning of the word is small or little.
Verbatum Definition-serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
Unnerving(E&FR)pg 67
Sentence:That first encounter, and those that followed, signified that a vast, unnerving gulf aly between nighttime pedestrians particularly women and me.
Verbatum Definition-to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him
Cosmopolitan(E&FR)pg 77
context clue: politan so ideas or governing, from the root word politan i can determine that it has something do with a variety of ideas or politcs.
Verbatum Definition-free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
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