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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|---|---|
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
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| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
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| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |