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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
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| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| feint | something feigned |
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| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
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| outgoing | going away : departing |