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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| retrench | cut down |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |