GRE Word List
INHIBIT
to prohibit from doing something
The meaning of the word inhibit is to prohibit from doing something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |