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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| Word | Meaning |
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| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |