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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| stout | strong of character: such as |