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 |
|---|---|
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| disport | sport |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| charlatan | quack |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
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| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |