zenith
ZEE-nithnounMeaning the highest point; the time of greatest success or power
Memory hook ZEE-NITH: SEE everything beNEATH. From the very top of the peak, with the sun straight overhead, Maya can see everything beneath her. She has reached the zenith.
At its zenith, the little bakery sold a thousand loaves a day.
In context The singer’s career reached its zenith in her forties, when every concert sold out within minutes; after that, she chose to sing only for small crowds.
Similar peak, summit, top
Opposite bottom, low point, rock bottom
From an Arabic phrase meaning “the path over the head,” which reached English through Old Spanish and Medieval Latin.