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.

Random words

WordMeaning
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
homespunspun or made at home
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)