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 |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| antecede | precede |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| braid | to make from braids |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |