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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| harass | exhaust |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |