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 |
|---|---|
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| stringent | tight |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |