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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awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
brochurepamphlet
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
browbeatto intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
narcissistan individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle