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 |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |