GRE Word List

ACME

the highest point or stage

The meaning of the word acme is the highest point or stage.

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alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
nubileof marriageable condition or age
salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial
inditemake up
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
plauditan act or round of applause
wrenchto move with a violent twist
parlancespeech
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime