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 |
|---|---|
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| laud | praise |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |