GRE Word List

FILCH

to steal secretly or casually

The meaning of the word filch is to steal secretly or casually.

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benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
perditioneternal damnation
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
warrantedsanction
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details