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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| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
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| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |