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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |