GRE Word List
FOPPISH
foolish
The meaning of the word foppish is foolish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| microcosm | a little world |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |