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

WordMeaning
fanaticismfanatic outlook or behavior
pursea small bag for money
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
environencircle
steeplofty
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
knavea tricky deceitful fellow
dys-abnormal
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
machinationsan act of machinating