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 |
|---|---|
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |