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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| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| devious | wandering |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |