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 |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| dire | exciting horror |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |