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 |
|---|---|
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| evenhanded | fair |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |