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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WordMeaning
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
empathythe 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
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
asunderinto parts
speechlessunable to speak : dumb
dissectionthe act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
biliousof 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
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper