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 |
|---|---|
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| crass | gross |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |