GRE Word List

OPTIONAL

involving an option : not compulsory

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

Random words

WordMeaning
wiggleto move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
modishfashionable
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
miscreantunbelieving
hindrancethe state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
brackishsomewhat salty
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf