GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |