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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |