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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| blackball | to vote against |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |