GRE Word List
AMBUSH
to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
The meaning of the word ambush is to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |