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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |