GRE Word List
OPTIMUM
most favorable; optimal; N: most favorable condition
The meaning of the word optimum is most favorable; optimal; N: most favorable condition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| constraint | restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison |
| replica | copy |
| noisome | foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome |
| serpentine | winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; Ex. serpentine course of the river; N. serpent: snake |
| default | failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V. |
| smolder | smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger |
| vacillate | waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation |
| woe | great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes |
| render | give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully |
| mitigate | appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity |