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 |
|---|---|
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |