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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |