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 |
---|---|
actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
parched | deprived of natural moisture |
fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |