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 |
|---|---|
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |