GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| bauble | trinket |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
