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 |
|---|---|
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |