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
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
hotheada hotheaded person
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
copiousyielding something abundantly
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
alluvialrelating to, composed of, or found in alluvium
inculcateto teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
mordantbiting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space