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.

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unwarrantedlacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified
spoofdeceive
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inclementlacking mildness: such as
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
toteman object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry
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afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
sullengloomily or resentfully silent or repressed