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 |
|---|---|
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |