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 |
|---|---|
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| query | question |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| pilfer | steal |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |