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 |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| privy | private |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |