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 |
|---|---|
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| bulk | magnitude |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |