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 |
|---|---|
| replicate | duplicate |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |