Definition (noun) the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for foible
Fail to be able.. so you have a weakness or slight fault at something
consider the letters F+O+I+B+L+E..they stand for Fault+Oddity+Idiosyncrasy+Blemish+Limitation+Eccentricity..all of the same meaning
similar to feeble thus enfeeeble and weakness
FOe in Bible would have a weak character
foist
Definition (verb) to force onto another
Example Sentence
He foisted his work on me
Definition (verb) insert surreptitiously or without warrant
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for foist
when you hoist the flag improperly, it is called foist.
fOist
fist-o......try to imagine like...u r trying to insert a pen into a tightly closed fist...but u could not...
'o' is the expression that u wer not happy with that...
so the meanin is...INSERT IMPROPERLY...(you are trying to insert by force)
foist sounds like hoist (meaning : raised, common usage : flag hoisting) - he gave his career a "hoist" by "foist-ing" his work on a hardworking colleague
foist -- sounds like forest -- if you "insert into the forest improperly" animals gonna eat you :)
fop-ish = pop (fop) - ish ; those boys who are in pop music are over dressed … they have a very bad sense of dressing but they think that they are looking cool !!!!
Foppish- First year mein follow(fo) Pant(p), tie(pi) and Shirt(sh) - says seniors
eg:buppilahari,buppi
:foppish
forbearance
Definition (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
4 bears (animal) are under the tree on which u are hiding,, u need a lot of patience, to wait for them to leave
Bear means::Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. I cannot bear this GRE vocab anymore. My head is going to implode...So Forbearance = 4 * bear. That's lot of patience.
Foreboding = replace the "o" in boding with "a" Fore(forward/future) + Bading ,i.e.,
Foreboding = Fore bading ,i.e is future is bad .. hence bad omen..
foreboding - Fore(before)+ boding.. solving questions of boding plot in an exam is difficult(an evil ques) so predictin it for comin exam means 'premonition of evil'. :D
consider the BOD in foreBODing.and try to relate it with boad exam.students r in state of worried when reults r gona come.
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