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 |
|---|---|
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| venue | locale |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |