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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |