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 |
|---|---|
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| dingy | dirty |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| pummel | pound |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |