GRE Word List

OPTIONAL

involving an option : not compulsory

The meaning of the word optional is involving an option : not compulsory.

Random words

WordMeaning
demeanto lower in character, status, or reputation
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
smughighly self-satisfied
mandatean authoritative command