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 |
|---|---|
| countenance | look |
| expatriate | banish |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |