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 |
|---|---|
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| query | question |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |