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 |
|---|---|
| forego | to go before : precede |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| random | a haphazard course |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| oversee | survey |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |