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 |
|---|---|
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| sibling | sib |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |