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.

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decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
composta mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
gapeto open the mouth wide
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
raptlifted up and carried away