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 |
|---|---|
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| delve | excavate |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |