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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |