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 |
|---|---|
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |