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 |
|---|---|
| viable | capable of living |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |