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 |
|---|---|
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |