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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| provenance | origin |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |