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 |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |