GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| fiend | devil |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |