Daily Word: PARAGON

par·a·gon

  [par-uh-gon, -guhn] 

~ noun

DEFINITION: 1)A model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence. 2)Someone of exceptional merit. 3)Printing. A 20-point type. 4)An unusually large, round pearl.

~verb (used with object)

DEFINITION: 5)Rare. To compare; parallel. 6)Archaic. To be a match for; rival. 7)Obsolete. To surpass. 8)Obsolete. To regard as a paragon.

SENTENCE: I continued to further my education to become a paragon amongst my peers.