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 |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |