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 |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |