GRE Word List
PRECLUDE
to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
The meaning of the word preclude is to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |