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 |
|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |