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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exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
prosody | the study of versification |
unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
pontifical | episcopal attire |
reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
parlance | speech |
scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |