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 |
|---|---|
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| wont | accustomed |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |