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.
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Word | Meaning |
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infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
prompt | to move to action : incite |