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

WordMeaning
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
dilateto become enlarged or widened
afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)