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 |
|---|---|
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |