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 |
|---|---|
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |