GRE Word List
COUP
a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
The meaning of the word coup is a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état.
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| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| forego | to go before : precede |
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| hurl | rush |