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

WordMeaning
boisterousnoisily turbulent : rowdy
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
provisionthe act or process of providing
distortto twist (see twist
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
credulityreadiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
wheedleto influence or entice by soft words or flattery
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through