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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |