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 |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| sophist | philosopher |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |