GRE Word List
FORAY
a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid
The meaning of the word foray is a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |