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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| collate | to compare critically |
| consort | associate |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| etymology | the 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 |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |