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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| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |