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 |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| emollient | making soft or supple |