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 |
|---|---|
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| nourish | nurture |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| debonair | suave |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |