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 |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| fleck | streak |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |