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 |
|---|---|
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |