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 |
|---|---|
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| quench | put out |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| dire | exciting horror |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |