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 |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |