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

WordMeaning
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
merita praiseworthy quality : virtue
legerdemainsleight of hand
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery
surlymenacing or threatening in appearance