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 |
|---|---|
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| malediction | curse |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |