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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |