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.

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WordMeaning
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
feeblemindedimpaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability
muddleto make turbid or muddy
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
drivelnonsense
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys