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 |
|---|---|
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| natal | native |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |