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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| prattle | prate |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |