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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| patent | open to public inspection |