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 |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| superannuated | outmoded |