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 |
|---|---|
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| hap | happening |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |