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 |
|---|---|
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |