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 |
|---|---|
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| dissension | disagreement |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |