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 |
|---|---|
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |