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 |
|---|---|
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| unfrock | defrock |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| 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 |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |