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 |
|---|---|
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| dally | to act playfully |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |