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 |
|---|---|
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| sidetrack | siding |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |