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 |
|---|---|
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| precipitous | precipitate |