GRE Word List
USURP
to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
The meaning of the word usurp is to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| debut | a first appearance |
| writ | something written : writing |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| dour | stern |
| agape | wide open : gaping |