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 |
|---|---|
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| potentate | ruler |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |