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 |
|---|---|
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |