GRE Word List
ACME
the highest point or stage
The meaning of the word acme is the highest point or stage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |