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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vintnera wine merchant
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
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irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
monarchyundivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
eclecticcomposed of elements drawn from various sources
rakean implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
willowyabounding with willows