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 |
|---|---|
| canny | clever |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |