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.

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WordMeaning
inopportuneinconvenient
pana usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking)
minatoryhaving a menacing quality
frigidintensely cold
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
nebulousof, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular
quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
relican object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr