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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| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| flighty | swift |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
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