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
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
brittleeasily broken, cracked, or snapped
exquisitemarked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution
rectifyto set right : remedy
overtopen to view : manifest
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
dilateto become enlarged or widened
celerityrapidity of motion or action
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval