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 |
|---|---|
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |