GRE Word List
PILFER
steal
The meaning of the word pilfer is steal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |