GRE Word List
LURK
to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
The meaning of the word lurk is to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| benison | blessing |
| quicksilver | mercury |