GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
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sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
conspire | plot |
posthumous | born after the death of the father |
narrative | something that is narrated : story |
premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |