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 |
|---|---|
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| clip | encompass |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |