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 |
|---|---|
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| evenhanded | fair |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |