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 |
|---|---|
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| growl | rumble |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |