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 |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |