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 |
|---|---|
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| prattle | prate |