Para- Vocabulary Words

Do you know these words beginning with PARA?

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Hint	Answer
Cute little bird that can mimic human speech	Parakeet
Great accessory for ladies on a sunny day	Parasol
Leeches, vampire bats, cordyceps	Parasite
Statement which may be true despite containing contradictions/absurdities	Paradox
Obsessivly anxious, or Black Sabbath's second studio album	Paranoid
Idyllic place, heaven	Paradise
Low wall along the edge of a roof	Parapet
Simple short story illustrating a spiritual/moral lesson	Parable
Collection of objects connected with a particular activity or lifestyle	Paraphernalia
One country and one national capital, name either one	Paraguay / Paramaribo

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More important than anything else	Paramount
International sports festival for athletes with disabilities	Paralympics
2-D shape with parallel opposite sides	Parallelogram
Benefit of binocular vision, or a DC supervillain	Parallax
Lawyer's assistant	Paralegal
A block of text	Paragraph
Words formed by compounding and adding an affix e.g. "downhearted"	Parasynthetic
Soldier who drops in via parachute	Paratrooper
In other words...	Paraphrase
Function you might see graphed in a high school math class	Parabola