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 |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |