GRE Word List
CONFISCATE
appropriated by the government : forfeited
The meaning of the word confiscate is appropriated by the government : forfeited.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |