GRE Word List
FORMALITY
compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
The meaning of the word formality is compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |