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 |
|---|---|
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| dint | force |