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 |
|---|---|
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |