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 |
|---|---|
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| fete | festival |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |