GRE Word List
PROHIBITIVE
so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax
The meaning of the word prohibitive is so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| celestial | heavenly |
| ultimatum | last demand; last warning; last statement of conditions that must be met; Ex. They have ignored our ultimatum. |
| fallible | liable to err |
| momentum | quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force |
| thematic | of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea |
| intolerant | not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate |
| conjecture | surmise; guess; V. |
| culpable | deserving blame; blameworthy |
| interjection | exclamation; Ex. ``Ouch'' |
| convivial | pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial |
