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.

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matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
ancestryline of descent : lineage
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
inditemake up
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively