GRE Word List
SYNCHRONOUS
happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
The meaning of the word synchronous is happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |