GRE Word List
CEREMONIOUS
devoted to forms and ceremony
The meaning of the word ceremonious is devoted to forms and ceremony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| enduring | lasting |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |