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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WordMeaning
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
quailany of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
baskto lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere
tillerone that tills : cultivator