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 |
|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |