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 |
|---|---|
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |