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 |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| leave-taking | departure |