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 |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |