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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| grate | grating |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| exhume | disinter |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |