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 |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| realm | kingdom |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| append | attach |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |