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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |