GRE Word List
OPTIMUM
the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
The meaning of the word optimum is the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| onus | burden |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |