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 |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| potentate | ruler |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| indite | make up |
| denizen | inhabitant |