GRE Word List
PARAGON
a model of excellence or perfection
The meaning of the word paragon is a model of excellence or perfection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| lewd | obscene |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
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