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 |
|---|---|
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| warrant | sanction |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| spate | freshet |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |