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 |
|---|---|
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| overt | open to view : manifest |