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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |