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 |
|---|---|
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| writ | something written : writing |
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| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |