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

WordMeaning
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
dingydirty
ineptgenerally incompetent : bungling
pummelpound
inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome