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paragon, exemplar: In all work, the optimum is difficult to
achieve.
--adj. 2 best, finest, most favourable, ideal, perfect,
choicest, optimal, first-rate, first-class, sterling, prime,
capital, excellent, exceptional, superlative, extraordinary,
unique, peerless, unequalled, unexcelled, unsurpassed: These
instruments keep the chamber at the optimum temperature. After
months of training, Guy is in optimum condition to win the
marathon.
option n. 1 choice, selection, alternative, recourse, opportunity, way
out: There are fewer employment options open to the uneducated.
2 choice, privilege, election, opportunity, chance: Investors
pay for the option to buy at a fixed figure if the price of the
shares goes up.
optional adj. voluntary, discretionary or discretional, elective,
facultative, free, spontaneous, uncoerced, unforced,
non-compulsory, uncompulsory, non-mandatory, unmandatory,
non-requisite, unrequisite: Life insurance is optional for
those who have our hospitalization policy.
opulent adj. 1 wealthy, affluent, rich, prosperous, well-to-do, well
off, comfortable, Colloq flush, well-heeled, loaded, rolling in
it, made of money, in clover, on Easy Street, Brit on velvet, US
in velvet, in the chips: Timothy was fortunate in having met
and wed an opulent widow. 2 luxurious, lavish, sumptuous: That
poor little rich girl was raised in the most opulent of
surroundings. 3 abundant, copious, bountiful, plentiful,
prolific, profuse, plenteous: We enjoyed a most opulent harvest
this year.
opus n. work, composition, production, oeuvre, creation; magnum
opus: Her most important opus will be performed at the Albert
Hall next week.
15.14 oracle...
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oracle n. 1 prophet, sibyl, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune-teller,
diviner, prognosticator, US reader (and adviser or advisor),