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.
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Word | Meaning |
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voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
regime | regimen |
sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
scrappy | consisting of scraps |