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 |
|---|---|
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| nurture | training |
| mystic | mystical |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |