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 |
|---|---|
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| dys- | abnormal |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |