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 |
|---|---|
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| benison | blessing |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| privy | private |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |