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 |
|---|---|
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| unfrock | defrock |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |