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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WordMeaning
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
toxiccontaining or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation
truculencethe quality or state of being truculent
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
tightwada close or miserly person
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
cubiclea sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
amplifyto expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis