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 |
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salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
anachronism | an error in chronology |
dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |