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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |