GRE Word List

CEREMONIOUS

devoted to forms and ceremony

The meaning of the word ceremonious is devoted to forms and ceremony.

Random words

WordMeaning
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
digressionthe 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
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin