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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |