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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| approbation | commendation |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |