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 |
|---|---|
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
