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 |
|---|---|
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |