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 |
|---|---|
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| sidetrack | siding |
| submerge | to put under water |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |