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 |
|---|---|
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| intermediary | mediator |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| skimp | skimpy |