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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abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
atypical | not typical : irregular |
miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
gradation | a series forming successive stages |
specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
hubbub | noise |
plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |