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 |
|---|---|
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |