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 |
|---|---|
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |