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 |
|---|---|
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| dire | exciting horror |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| occident | west |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| brochure | pamphlet |