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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| indite | make up |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |