GRE Word List
OPTIONAL
involving an option : not compulsory
The meaning of the word optional is involving an option : not compulsory.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |