GRE Word List
COMITY
friendly social atmosphere : social harmony
The meaning of the word comity is friendly social atmosphere : social harmony.
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| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |