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 |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |