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 |
|---|---|
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| retrench | cut down |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |