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 |
|---|---|
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |