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 |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |