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 |
|---|---|
| warranted | sanction |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |