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
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
uprightperpendicular
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
polyglotone who is polyglot
dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
slickhaving a smooth surface : slippery
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
conventionagreement
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total