GRE Word List
SYNOPTIC
affording a general view of a whole
The meaning of the word synoptic is affording a general view of a whole.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| faculty | ability |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |