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 |
|---|---|
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| opus | work |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |