TRENCHANT

TRENCHANT

<Trench-chant>

Sharp; keen; biting;

Replying in a forceful way.

Your trenchant reply surprised them because you severely corrected them.

TRENCH - ANT

Trench	(Reminds)	Entrench
Ant	(Reminds)	Ant

Entrench an ant and it will bite you.

ENTRENCH CHANT

Question: You are reading my paraphrase right now. What are you reading?

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Answer: 

You are reading a sentence written in a clearer way. Paraphrase means to reword something to clarify it. Para in Latin means "beside of".

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