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 |
|---|---|
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| commune | talk over |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |