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 |
|---|---|
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |