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.

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tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
disheveledmarked by disorder or disarray
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engenderbeget
apoliticalhaving no interest or involvement in political affairs
incrustationa crust or hard coating
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
cataclysmflood