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
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
dazzleto lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
zephyra breeze from the west
declivitydownward inclination
propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
championshipdesignation as champion