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 |
|---|---|
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| alleviate | relieve |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |