GRE Word List
EMBEZZLEMENT
to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
The meaning of the word embezzlement is to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
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|---|---|
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
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