GRE Word List
WAYLAY
to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush
The meaning of the word waylay is to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |