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 |
|---|---|
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
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| distort | to twist (see twist |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
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