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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| cursive | running |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
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| predispose | to dispose in advance |