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 |
|---|---|
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| cursive | running |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |