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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