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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |