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 |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| gazette | newspaper |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |