The editor asked the author to rephrase the opening paragraph so that its technical terms would be accessible to a general audience.
编辑要求作者重新措辞开头段落，使其中的技术术语对普通读者来说易于理解。
Which choice best defines “rephrase”?
A — To say or write something in a different way. “rephrase” means to say or write something in a different way.
Which word means “to say or write something in a different way”?
D — rephrase. “rephrase” means to say or write something in a different way.
rephrase — to say or write something in a different way. In Chinese: 改述，重新措辞.
rephrase is pronounced /riːˈfreɪz/.
The editor asked the author to rephrase the opening paragraph so that its technical terms would be accessible to a general audience. (编辑要求作者重新措辞开头段落，使其中的技术术语对普通读者来说易于理解。)
paraphrase, restate, rewrite — all close in meaning to rephrase (to say or write something in a different way).
quote, repeat verbatim — each the opposite of rephrase (to say or write something in a different way).
Yes. rephrase is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.