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 |
|---|---|
| lunar | crescent |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |