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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| gazette | newspaper |
| leery | suspicious |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| sleek | slick |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |