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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| hap | happening |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| dint | force |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| 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 |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |