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 |
|---|---|
| leery | suspicious |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |