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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prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
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foppishfoolish
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
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notableworthy of note : remarkable