GRE Word List
ELLIPSIS
the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
The meaning of the word ellipsis is the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |