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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |