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 |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |