GRE Word List
PARADIGM
model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word
The meaning of the word paradigm is model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leave-taking | farewell or departure |
| quaint | odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque |
| withhold | refuse to give; hold back; Ex. withholding tax |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity |
| stickler | perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right |
| trite | hackneyed; commonplace |
| savant | scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know |
| default | failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V. |
| wanton | unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause |
| bacchanal | noisy party with a lot of drinking |
