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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| forlorn | bereft |
| clown | farmer |