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 |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |