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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WordMeaning
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
handsomehaving a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance
palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
atheistica person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another