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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| fiend | devil |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| 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 |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| dilute | attenuate |