GRE Word List
MANDATORY
required by a law or rule : obligatory
The meaning of the word mandatory is required by a law or rule : obligatory.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |