preclude, reclusive, preclusive

Hillary Clinton Arrives in Burma

The visit to the reclusive nation is the first by a U.S. secretary of state in more than 50 years.

reclusive

(rĭ-klū'sĭv, -zĭv)
adj.

1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation.
2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut.

reclusively re·clu'sive·ly adv.
reclusiveness re·clu'sive·ness n.


preclude
tr.v., -clud·ed, -clud·ing, -cludes.

1. To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent. See synonyms at prevent.
2. To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity: Modesty precludes me from accepting the honor.

[Latin praeclūdere : prae-, pre- + claudere, to close.]

preclusion pre·clu'sion (-klū'zhən) n.
preclusive pre·clu'sive (-klū'sĭv, -zĭv) adj.a.

Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre·clu·sive·ly, adv.

preclusively pre·clu'sive·ly adv.