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 |
|---|---|
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |