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
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
fathomlessincapable of being fathomed : immeasurable
emollientmaking soft or supple
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly
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