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 |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
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| lugubrious | mournful |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
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| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
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