GRE Word List

COMITY

friendly social atmosphere : social harmony

The meaning of the word comity is friendly social atmosphere : social harmony.

Random words

WordMeaning
bulwarka solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
accessiblecapable of being reached
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
wrenchto move with a violent twist
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together