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.
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Word | Meaning |
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migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
repartee | a quick and witty reply |
efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
progeny | descendants |
judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
frolic | full of fun : merry |
abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |