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 |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| trance | stupor |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |