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 |
|---|---|
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| whittle | a large knife |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |