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 |
|---|---|
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |