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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| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
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| obscure | dark |
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| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
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