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 |
|---|---|
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| stench | stink |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| disclose | to make known or public |