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 |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| laud | praise |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |