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 |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| raiment | clothing |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |