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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| nib | bill |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
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