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 |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |