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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WordMeaning
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
strewto spread by scattering
ancillarysubordinate
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
yena strong desire or propensity