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 |
|---|---|
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| fabricate | invent |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |