GRE Word List
CONFISCATE
appropriated by the government : forfeited
The meaning of the word confiscate is appropriated by the government : forfeited.
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Word | Meaning |
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obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
historic | historical |
retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
veer | to change direction or course |
exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |