GRE Word List
OUST
to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
The meaning of the word oust is to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |