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 |
|---|---|
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| environ | encircle |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |