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 |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |