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 |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |