GRE Word List
PROHIBITIVE
so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax
The meaning of the word prohibitive is so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| churlish | boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo |
| pose | assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N. |
| tickle | touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please |
| commonwealth | nation governed by the people; republic; people of a nation |
| phoenix | symbol of immortality or rebirth; Ex. phoenix rising from its ashes |
| carping | petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble |
| combustible | easily burned; N. CF. combustion |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| dire | warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food |
| spoonerism | accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. ``Let me sew you to your sheet'' for ``Let me show you to your seat''; CF. William Spooner |
