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 |
|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |