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 |
|---|---|
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| 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 |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| spare | not being used |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |