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 |
|---|---|
| lode | waterway |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| whittle | a large knife |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
