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 |
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mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
motley | variegated in color |
vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
receptive | able or inclined to receive |
magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
supplicant | one who supplicates |