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 |
|---|---|
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
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| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
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| redress | to set right : remedy |
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| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |