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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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WordMeaning
seamyhaving the rough side of the seam showing
minutiaea minute or minor detail
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
imperviousnot allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable
studiedcarefully considered or prepared : thoughtful
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them