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 |
|---|---|
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| conspire | plot |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |