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.
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ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
debonair | suave |
inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |