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 |
|---|---|
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| retribution | recompense |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |