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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seditionincitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
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intersticea space that intervenes between things
shudderto tremble convulsively : shiver
apostateone who commits apostasy
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