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 |
|---|---|
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| engender | beget |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| cataclysm | flood |