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.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
kismet | fate |
espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
concatenate | linked together |