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 |
|---|---|
| rightful | just |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| fabricate | invent |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |