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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| modish | fashionable |
| exhume | disinter |
| drivel | nonsense |