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 |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |