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 |
|---|---|
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| slake | subside |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |