GRE Word List

SOLEMNITY

formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event

The meaning of the word solemnity is formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event.

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sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
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grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
diluteattenuate
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
draftthe act of drawing or pulling in a net
cascadea steep usually small fall of water
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
felineof, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family
parsimonythe quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift