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 |
|---|---|
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| duration | continuance in time |
| benison | blessing |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| mischance | bad luck |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |