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 |
|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| asunder | into parts |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |