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 |
|---|---|
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| append | attach |
