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 |
|---|---|
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |