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 |
|---|---|
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| evenhanded | fair |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |