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 |
|---|---|
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |