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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WordMeaning
addressto mark directions for delivery on
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
tomebook
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
concatenatelinked together
pathologicalof or relating to pathology
languorweakness or weariness of body or mind
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
downcastlow in spirit : dejected