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 |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| potentate | ruler |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| microcosm | a little world |