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 |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |