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 |
|---|---|
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| executor | one who executes something |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| benison | blessing |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |