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 |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |