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 |
|---|---|
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |