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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sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
attentive | mindful |
vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
doddering | feeble |
diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |