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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |