GRE Word List
COUPLE
two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
The meaning of the word couple is two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired.
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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