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 |
|---|---|
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
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| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |