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
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
besiegeto surround with armed forces
elysiumthe abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence