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 |
|---|---|
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |