GRE Word List
LARCENY
the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
The meaning of the word larceny is the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| retrench | cut down |
| hurl | rush |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |