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 |
|---|---|
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |