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 |
|---|---|
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| nourishment | food |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15â24 as an example of the power of God |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| defalcate | deduct |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |