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 |
|---|---|
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |