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 |
|---|---|
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |