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 |
|---|---|
| reaper | one that reaps |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |