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 |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |