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 |
|---|---|
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |