GRE Word List
PARADOX
one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
The meaning of the word paradox is one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| provident | frugal |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |