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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| collected | gathered together |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |