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 |
|---|---|
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| entity | being |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| stentorian | extremely loud |