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 |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| reaper | one that reaps |