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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| maroon | a dark red |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |