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

WordMeaning
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
durationcontinuance in time
benisonblessing
flipto toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
mischancebad luck
impetusa driving force : impulse
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil