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 |
|---|---|
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |