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 |
|---|---|
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| pitfall | trap |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |