GRE Word List
PARAMOUNT
superior to all others : supreme
The meaning of the word paramount is superior to all others : supreme.
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| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| license | permission to act |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| demure | reserved |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |