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 |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |