GRE Word List
PARAPHRASE
a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
The meaning of the word paraphrase is a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |