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 |
|---|---|
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| scotch | scottish |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| mendicant | beggar |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |