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 |
|---|---|
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| 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 |
| spare | not being used |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |