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 |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| executor | one who executes something |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |