GRE Word List
CONFISCATE
appropriated by the government : forfeited
The meaning of the word confiscate is appropriated by the government : forfeited.
Random words
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| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| niggle | trifle |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |