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 |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| flighty | swift |
| exhume | disinter |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |