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 |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| tome | book |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |