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 |
|---|---|
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |