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 |
|---|---|
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |