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 |
|---|---|
| seemly | good-looking |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| trenchant | keen |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |