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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |