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 |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| obscure | dark |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |