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 |
|---|---|
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| dilute | attenuate |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |