GRE Word List
PARADIGM
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The meaning of the word paradigm is example.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |