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 |
|---|---|
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| irate | roused to ire |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |