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 |
|---|---|
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| clime | climate |
| nourish | nurture |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |