GRE Word List
COMITY
friendly social atmosphere : social harmony
The meaning of the word comity is friendly social atmosphere : social harmony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |