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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |