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 |
|---|---|
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| leave-taking | departure |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| recast | to cast again |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |