GRE Word List
FORMALITY
ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality
The meaning of the word formality is ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surreptitious | done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden |
| incubate | hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| ingrate | ungrateful person (not expressing thanks) |
| outlaw | fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking has been outlawed. |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| attenuate | make thin; weaken |
| retrench | cut down; cut down expenses; economize |
| facetious | joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous |
| char | make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
| rebus | representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''. |
