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 |
|---|---|
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| environ | encircle |
| steep | lofty |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| dys- | abnormal |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| machinations | an act of machinating |