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 |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |