GRE Word List

CEREMONIOUS

devoted to forms and ceremony

The meaning of the word ceremonious is devoted to forms and ceremony.

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libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
concurto express agreement
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
hauntto visit often : frequent
engrossto copy or write in a large hand