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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WordMeaning
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
imbueendow
vulgarlacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
pedagogythe art, science, or profession of teaching
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
unassumingnot assuming : modest