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 |
|---|---|
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |