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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |