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 |
|---|---|
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| courier | messenger |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |