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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WordMeaning
advertto turn the mind or attention
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
aptitudeinclination
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
inditemake up
sluran insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion
compriseto be made up of