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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| polity | political organization |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |