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 |
|---|---|
| declivity | downward inclination |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| paramour | lover |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |