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 |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| finished | entirely done |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| ebullient | boiling |