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 |
|---|---|
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |