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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| bauble | trinket |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| poise | balance |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |