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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| cataclysm | flood |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |