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 |
|---|---|
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| defer | put off |