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.

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WordMeaning
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
sowan adult female swine
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
moltenfused or liquefied by heat : melted
purportedreputed
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
blowhardan arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order