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 |
|---|---|
| hardy | bold |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |