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 |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| gnome | maxim |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| shambles | a meat market |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |