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
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
siftto put through a sieve
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
capricea sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
miniona servile dependent, follower, or underling
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade