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 |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |