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 |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |