GRE Word List

PARADIGM

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The meaning of the word paradigm is example.

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WordMeaning
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
aridexcessively dry
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
subsistencereal being : existence
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense