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 |
|---|---|
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |