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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |