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 |
|---|---|
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| wanton | merciless |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |