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 |
|---|---|
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |