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 |
|---|---|
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |