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 |
|---|---|
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| overthrow | overturn |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| flighty | swift |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |