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 |
|---|---|
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |