GRE Word List
SWINDLER
to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
The meaning of the word swindler is to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |