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 |
|---|---|
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| conspire | plot |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| extant | currently or actually existing |