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 |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| blackball | to vote against |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| raiment | clothing |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |