GRE Word List
SUPPLANT
to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery
The meaning of the word supplant is to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| trample | tramp |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| billowing | wave |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| motley | variegated in color |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| missive | a written communication : letter |