GRE Word List
KLEPTOMANIAC
person who has a compulsive desire to steal
The meaning of the word kleptomaniac is person who has a compulsive desire to steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retentive | holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory |
| refute | disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation |
| dissension | disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group |
| frolicsome | prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky |
| tirade | long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation |
| progenitor | ancestor |
| flout | reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| groove | long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record |
| orator | public speaker |
