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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| scintilla | spark |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |