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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WordMeaning
piquantengagingly provocative
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
finishedentirely done
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
pento shut in or as if in a pen
ligneousof or resembling wood
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge