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 |
|---|---|
| irate | roused to ire |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |