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 |
|---|---|
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |