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 |
|---|---|
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |