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 |
|---|---|
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| puerile | juvenile |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |