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 |
|---|---|
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |