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 |
|---|---|
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |