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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |