GRE Word List
EXPLETIVE
a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
The meaning of the word expletive is a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |