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 |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| coin | corner |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| viable | capable of living |