GRE Word List
FOIBLE
the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
The meaning of the word foible is the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| nib | bill |