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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| drivel | nonsense |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |