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 |
|---|---|
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| finished | entirely done |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| convoluted | having convolutions |