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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WordMeaning
piquantengagingly provocative
unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
ostracizeto exile by ostracism
executiveof or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
substantialconsisting of or relating to substance
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid