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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:26 am Post subject: VOCABULARY EXPANSION ***** # 71023. |
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Today's Word "arrogate"
arrogate \AIR-uh-gayt\ (transitive verb) - 1. To claim or seize without right or justification; to appropriate. 2. To claim on behalf of another; to ascribe.
"When Thelma was approached by the county and asked to sell her house to make way for the new road, she was nearly frightened into accepting their first offer, lest they decide to arrogate the property instead."
Arrogate comes from Latin adrogare, "to take to oneself, to claim," from ad-, "towards" + rogare, "to ask."
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