GRE Word List
OPTIONAL
involving an option : not compulsory
The meaning of the word optional is involving an option : not compulsory.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| ploy | escapade |