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 |
|---|---|
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |