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 |
|---|---|
| dull | tedious |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |