GRE Word List
SOLEMNITY
formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
The meaning of the word solemnity is formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puerile | juvenile |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| realm | kingdom |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |