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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| throes | pang |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |