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 |
|---|---|
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| executioner | one who executes |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |