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 |
|---|---|
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| facade | the front of a building |