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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |