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 |
|---|---|
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| fete | festival |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |