GRE Word List
EXPATRIATE
banish
The meaning of the word expatriate is banish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| stringent | tight |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |