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 |
|---|---|
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| impinge | encroach |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| apiarist | beekeeper |