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 |
|---|---|
| potentate | ruler |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |