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 |
|---|---|
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |