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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| hortatory | hortative |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| afterlife | an existence after death |