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 |
|---|---|
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |