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 |
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perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
lax | loose |
authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
contrive | devise |
surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |