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 |
|---|---|
| trample | tramp |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| paltry | inferior |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| apparent | open to view : visible |