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 |
|---|---|
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |