GMAT Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com and englishteststore.com File 478 parallel (v) To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts parallelism (n) Essential likeness paralysis (n) Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles paralyze (v) To deprive of the power to act paramount (adj) Supreme in authority paramour (n) One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress parapet (n) a wall for protection; a low wall or railing paraphernalia (n) Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment