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 |
|---|---|
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
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| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| residual | remainder |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |