Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
USURP
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. release.
- Usurp means to take control of (without authority and possibly with force); take as one's right or possession.
- Release means to stop holding on to; allow to move.
- Meaning of the other words:
- Assume: Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- Wrest: Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
- Annex: Take (territory) as if by conquest