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 |
|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |