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 |
|---|---|
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |