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 |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |