GRE Word List
USAGE
firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
The meaning of the word usage is firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| auroral | dawn |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| trappings | outward signs |
| braid | to make from braids |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |