GRE Word List
PARAGON
a model of excellence or perfection
The meaning of the word paragon is a model of excellence or perfection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| demerit | offense |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| dour | stern |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |