GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| privy | private |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |