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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WordMeaning
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
primatea bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
raspyharsh
agapewide open : gaping