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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outspokendirect and open in speech or expression : frank
ventilateto expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing
marshala high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
equestrianof, relating to, or featuring horseback riding
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter