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 |
|---|---|
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| imbibe | drink |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |