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 |
|---|---|
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |