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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| sidetrack | siding |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |