GRE Word List
CEREMONIOUS
devoted to forms and ceremony
The meaning of the word ceremonious is devoted to forms and ceremony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| unkempt | not combed |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |