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 |
|---|---|
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |