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 |
|---|---|
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |