GRE Word List
OPTIONAL
involving an option : not compulsory
The meaning of the word optional is involving an option : not compulsory.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
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| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |