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 |
|---|---|
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| finished | entirely done |
| enduring | lasting |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |