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 |
|---|---|
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| verge | brink |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |