GRE Word List

PROHIBITIVE

tending to prohibit or restrain

The meaning of the word prohibitive is tending to prohibit or restrain.

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chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
lardera place where food is stored : pantry
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whittlea large knife
shavingthe act of one that shaves
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
magnitudegreat size or extent
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