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 |
|---|---|
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |