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 |
|---|---|
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| throes | pang |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| quotidian | occurring every day |