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
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| lopsided | leaning to one side |
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| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| primal | original |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |