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 |
|---|---|
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| microcosm | a little world |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |