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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| headlong | headfirst |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |