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 |
|---|---|
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |