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 |
|---|---|
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
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| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| subsistence | real being : existence |