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 |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| fell | skin |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |