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 |
|---|---|
| cohorts | companion |
| violate | break |
| privy | private |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |