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 |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |