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
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
unfeignednot feigned or hypocritical : genuine
predecessorone that precedes
bitinghaving the power to bite
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
reverberatereflect
acerbitythe quality of being acerbic
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction