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 |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |