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 |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |