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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |