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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |