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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |