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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |