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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|---|---|
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
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| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
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