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 |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| wont | accustomed |
| defer | put off |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |