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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WordMeaning
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
elusivetending to elude: such as
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
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vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
callusa thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
mishapan unfortunate accident