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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |