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 |
|---|---|
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |