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 |
|---|---|
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |