GRE Word List
EXPROPRIATE
to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
The meaning of the word expropriate is to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| hallowed | holy |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |