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 |
|---|---|
| anarchy | absence of government |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| patent | open to public inspection |