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 |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| inequity | injustice |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |