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 |
|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| eventual | contingent |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |