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 |
|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |