GRE Word List
FOIL
to prevent from attaining an end : defeat
The meaning of the word foil is to prevent from attaining an end : defeat.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| oversee | survey |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |