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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |