GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| nourish | nurture |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |