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 |
|---|---|
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| canny | clever |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |