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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| indite | make up |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |