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 |
|---|---|
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |