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 |
|---|---|
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |