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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douseto plunge into water
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
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propoundto offer for discussion or consideration
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swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset