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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|---|---|
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
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| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
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| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
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