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 |
|---|---|
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| aptitude | inclination |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| indite | make up |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| comprise | to be made up of |