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 |
|---|---|
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |