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 |
|---|---|
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| forebears | ancestor |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| growl | rumble |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |