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 |
|---|---|
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |