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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| prank | trick |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |