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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| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| quisling | traitor |
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| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
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| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |