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 |
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countenance | look |
oculist | ophthalmologist |
peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
unregenerate | not regenerate |
uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |