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 |
|---|---|
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| refraction | deflection 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 |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |