GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| shack | hut |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |