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 |
|---|---|
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |