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 |
|---|---|
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |