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 |
|---|---|
| tatter | to make ragged |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| throes | pang |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |