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 |
|---|---|
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |