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 |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| leery | suspicious |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| retribution | recompense |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |