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 |
|---|---|
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |