GRE Word List
FOIST
to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
The meaning of the word foist is to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| dart | a light spear |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |