GRE Word List
PROHIBITIVE
tending to prohibit or restrain
The meaning of the word prohibitive is tending to prohibit or restrain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| stringent | tight |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |