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.

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WordMeaning
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
desiccateto dry up
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
centrifugalproceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
unseemlynot seemly: such as