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
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
communetalk over
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
obsequiousmarked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place