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 |
|---|---|
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
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