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 |
|---|---|
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |