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 |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |