GRE Word List
OPTIONAL
involving an option : not compulsory
The meaning of the word optional is involving an option : not compulsory.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |