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 |
|---|---|
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| condole | grieve |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |