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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |