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 |
|---|---|
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
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| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| giddy | dizzy |
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| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |