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 |
|---|---|
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| viable | capable of living |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |