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 |
|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |