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 |
|---|---|
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| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
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| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
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