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 |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| flounder | flatfish |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |