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 |
|---|---|
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| privy | private |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |