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 |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| juncture | a point of time |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| warranted | sanction |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |