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 |
|---|---|
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| postulate | demand |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| crass | gross |