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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |