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 |
|---|---|
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| foppish | foolish |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |