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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treasurewealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
dissertationan extended usually written treatment of a subject
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
laymana person who is not a member of the clergy
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity