GRE Word List
PARAPHRASE
restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words
The meaning of the word paraphrase is restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wrath | anger; fury |
| litigation | lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate |
| rebuke | scold harshly; criticize severely |
| scion | detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant |
| referendum | direct vote by all the people |
| attest | testify; bear witness |
| random | without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard; Ex. random shots; Ex. chosen at random |
| sovereign | ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent |
| waffle | speak equivocally about an issue; N. |
| defect | shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one) |