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 |
|---|---|
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| oversee | survey |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |