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 |
|---|---|
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |