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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| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |