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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| primal | original |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |