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 |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| viand | an item of food |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |