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 |
|---|---|
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| encompass | include |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |