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 |
|---|---|
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| pliant | pliable |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |