GRE Word List
FORESTALL
to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
The meaning of the word forestall is to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |