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 |
|---|---|
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| lewd | obscene |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |