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 |
|---|---|
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |