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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| replicate | duplicate |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |