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 |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
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| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |