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 |
|---|---|
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |