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 |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |