GRE Word List
PREEMPT
to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
The meaning of the word preempt is to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |