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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |