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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| aspirant | one who aspires |