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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apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
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crescendoa gradual increase
disquietudeanxiety
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scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
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