para-

Usage

• paradox

  A paradox is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or unrealistic but may surprisingly express a possible truth.

• paradigm

  A paradigm is a model or example of something that shows how it works or how it can be produced; a paradigm shift is a completely new way of thinking about something.

• parochial

  Someone has a parochial outlook when they are mostly concerned with narrow or limited issues that affect a small, local area or a very specific cause; they are also unconcerned with wider or more general issues.

• paragon

  A paragon is an example of a thing or person at its or their very best.

• parody

  A parody is a humorous imitation of more serious writing or music.

• parable

  A parable is a short story that usually is told to illustrate a moral or lesson of some kind.

• paranoia

  If you are afflicted with paranoia, you have extreme distrust of others and feel like they are always out to get you.

• paraphernalia

  Paraphernalia is the equipment that one uses to do something or one's personal belongings collected over a period of time.

• paraphrase

  When you paraphrase, you put into your own words what you have just read, usually in a shorter version.

• parenthetical

  A parenthetical remark further explains or qualifies information.

• unparalleled

  An unparalleled accomplishment has not been equaled by anyone or cannot be compared to anything that anyone else has ever done.

• parabola

  a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

• paradigmatic

  of or relating to a grammatical paradigm

• paragraph

  divide into paragraphs, as of text

• parallel

  be parallel to

• parallelogram

  a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length

• paralysis

  loss of the ability to move a body part

• paralyze

  make powerless and unable to function

• paramecium

  any member of the genus Paramecium

• parameter

  a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves

• paranoid

  suffering from paranoia

• parasite

  an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)

• parasitic

  relating to or caused by parasites

• parenthesis

  either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material