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 |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |