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 |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| niggle | trifle |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |