GRE Word List
OVATION
a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
The meaning of the word ovation is a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted.
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