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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| passe | past one's prime |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |