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 |
|---|---|
| muted | being mute : silent |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |