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 |
|---|---|
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |