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 |
|---|---|
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| flighty | swift |