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 |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |