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 |
|---|---|
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| fuddle | booze |
| retrench | cut down |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |