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.

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WordMeaning
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
unregeneratenot regenerate
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
expiateto make amends for
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
velocityquickness of motion : speed