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 |
|---|---|
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| upright | perpendicular |
| shambles | a meat market |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |