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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| hubbub | noise |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |