Read the excerpt below and answer the question. He had a latten cross set full of stones And in a bottle had he some pig’s bones
, But with these relics, when he came upon. Some simple parson, then this paragon In that one day more money stood to gain ( The Canterbury Tales; "General Prologue,"lines 701-704) Based upon the above context, the word paragon best means _____ . idol headache greed generosity
Paragon means, "a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality." Meaning the parson (a religious clergyman) perfectly defined the situation.
