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 something works or how it can be produced.

• 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.