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 |
|---|---|
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| dilute | attenuate |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| asunder | into parts |